And the award for lowest-rated Emmys ever goes to ... ABC's Sunday night telecast.
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony received a 3.8 rating/9 share in the preliminary adults 18-49 demo, the lowest in Nielsen People Meter history. That's 12% below last year's previous Emmy record low, a ceremony hosted by Ryan Seacrest on Fox.
In the battle for the fewest total viewers in history, the numbers were too close to call. In the preliminary figures, the Emmys were the least-watched ceremony ever (12.2 million), coming just under Fox's historic-low 1990 ceremony (12.3 million) and less than 2007's event (13 million). But that standing could easily change when the nationals are released Tuesday.
ABC's red carpet lead-in, "Jimmy Kimmel's Big Night of Stars" (4.6 million, 1.2/4), placed fourth in its 7 p.m. time slot, off 12% from last year's preshow.
Like last year, the awards faced heavy competition from "Sunday Night Football" (19.2 million, 8.1/19) on NBC, which easily won the night with a Cowboys vs.
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony received a 3.8 rating/9 share in the preliminary adults 18-49 demo, the lowest in Nielsen People Meter history. That's 12% below last year's previous Emmy record low, a ceremony hosted by Ryan Seacrest on Fox.
In the battle for the fewest total viewers in history, the numbers were too close to call. In the preliminary figures, the Emmys were the least-watched ceremony ever (12.2 million), coming just under Fox's historic-low 1990 ceremony (12.3 million) and less than 2007's event (13 million). But that standing could easily change when the nationals are released Tuesday.
ABC's red carpet lead-in, "Jimmy Kimmel's Big Night of Stars" (4.6 million, 1.2/4), placed fourth in its 7 p.m. time slot, off 12% from last year's preshow.
Like last year, the awards faced heavy competition from "Sunday Night Football" (19.2 million, 8.1/19) on NBC, which easily won the night with a Cowboys vs.
- 9/22/2008
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